Meet Friends. Exercise More.

"If you know a friend is waiting for you at the gym or won't pound the pavement without you, it's tough to bail," says Thomas Plante, PhD, professor of psychology at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, who has completed multiple studies on the power of exercise partners. It might be tempting to skip yoga after a long day at the office, but if you know your girlfriend already has her mat rolled out, "you won't want to let her down," Plante says. read more